End-gate for wagons.



M. 0. PARKER.

END GATE FOR WAGONS. APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1907. RENEWED MAR. 29,1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Qmitweooao farmwagons,

sectional view, the .end 1' at an lnchned position.

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- UNITED-STATES Pars mo MELVON 0. PARKER, OF BURLINGTON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES P. HAUN,

OF BURLINGTON, INDIANA. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug; 10, 'ieoe.

' Application filed November 19,-1907, Serial No. 402,876. .Renewed March 29, 1909. Serial No. t86,e93.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVON O. PARKER, a cltizenof the United States, residing at Burlington, 1n the county of Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful End-Gate. for Wagons, of which the following is a-specification.

The invention relates to improvements in end gates for Wagons. i The object of the present invention is to lmprove the construction of end gates for and to provide simple and'comparatively inexpensive means for securely fastening an end ate in its closed position, and for enabling t e same to be readily lowered to the board. I 1

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the-constructionand novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and m1nor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to with- I out departing from the. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an end gate, constructed in accordance with this inventiomand shownapplied to a wag on body. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal gate being arranged Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2, the end gate being closed. spective view of one of showing the attaching arm. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the bearing brackets. I

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

' 1 designates an end gate', designed to be constructed of any suitable material and provided at opposite sides with wings 2 and reinforced by 'upper and lower transverse cleats 3 and 4. The end gate is provided lower edge wi opposite transverse locking rods or bolt 5 and 6,

the corner uprights,

body 10. The bearing bracket 9, which are mounted'on the ends of the gra 1 sill 1, are

angular being composed of inner. crtical inclined position tovform' a scoop Fig. 4 is a detail perportions, outwardly extending horizontal portions and depending outer vertical tions. The intermediate horizontal. connecting portions of the brackets are arira'n' ed upon the upper face of the ends of the sill'or bar 11 of the body, and the depending portionsfit against the end edges of the samev The inner ends ofthe rods are connected with an operating lever 12 at'opposite sides of the pivotal point 13, and the operating lever 12 is ad ted to be oscillated to engage the outer ends of the rods with and disengage them from the bearing brackets. The rods and 6 form pintles, and the bearing bracket constitutes hinge elements, whereby the end gate is hinged to the body at the bottom thereof, and is adapted to swing downwardly and upwardly in the usual manner. The rods 5 and 6 are disengaged from: the brackets 9 to enable the end. gate to be detached from the wagon body.

The end gate is also provided with upper locking mechanism, including opposite looking rods or bolts 14, mounted in guides 15 and connected with an operating leverlo at opposite sides of the pivotal or fulcrum point 17 thereof. The outer ends of the locking rods 14 are adapted to. engage openings 18 of keeper arms 19, which project rearwardly from corner 'uprightsor bars 20. The corner uprights or bars are constructed of angle iron, and the rearwardly through slots 21 of the end gate. end gate is closed, the arms 19 project through theslots 21, and the openings 18 of.

the keeper arms 19 are arranged in position to receive the locking rods 14. arms and the keeper V The anglecorner uprights or braces are composed of two sides or wings, which fit against the inner faces and the end edges of the sides of the wagon body, and the said uprights are also provided with forwardly extending horizontal arms 22, arranged at the upper and lower portions of the uprights and provided with longitudinal slots. 23, ada ted to receive bolts 24, which fasten the upri hts to the sides of the wagon body. The s ots are provided to enable bolts, located at differextending arms project When the ent distances from the rear ends of the sides of the wagonbody to be employed for securing the uprights to the body. The operating lever of the upper locking mechanism -18 arranged at an inclination, when the rods are in engagement with the arms 19, and the lower arm of the lever is extended ,aiid passes through a guide 25, consisting of a metallic of the end gate for engaging the rearwardly strap or piece secured at its ends to the end gate and forming an 0 )ening for the lower arm of the lever 16. hen the rods are in engagement with the arms of the uprights, the lever is at one end of the guide 25, and it is locked against movement by means of a latch 26, pivoted at one end 27 andarranged to swing downwardly from the raised position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to the horizontal position shown in full lines in the said figure. When the latch is swung downwardly into engagement with the lever, it 18 en orted by the guide 25, as clearly shown in ig. 1.

The. upper locking mechanism is adapted to be unfastened to permit the end gate to swing downward to an inclined position to form a scoop board for shoveling. The end gate is supported in such position by flexible connections consisting of rods 28 and 29 and connecting links 30. The rods 28 are provided at their inner ends with eyes, which are linked into eye bolts 30' of the uprights, and the outer rods 29 terminate at their outer ends in eyes, which are linked into eye bolts 31 of the end gate. The eye bolts 31 are located adjacent to the upper edge of the end gate. Instead of employing the rods 28 and 29 with their connecting links, the end gate may be supported by chains of the ordinary construction.

The lower locking mechanism besides forming a hinge for the bottom of the end gate is also adapted to be operated to withdraw the rods 5 and 6 to the position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing for releasing the bottom of the end gate. The end gate is then adapted to swing outwardly or rearwardly for dum ing the contents of the wagon body. W en the lower portion of the en gate swings outwardly for dumping, the rods of the upperlocking device form pivots for the end gate.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I cIaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a wagon body, and an end gate provided with slots, of angle corner uprights fitted against the rear edges and inner faces of the sides of the wagon body and having the upper ends of their inner flanges extended and curved rearwardly to form arms, which project through the slots of the end gate, said u rights being also provided at their inner anges with forwardly extending attaching arms having slots, fastening-devices passing through the slots of the said arms and securing their uprights to the sides of the wagon body, and locking mechanism mounted on the exterior extending arms.

2. The combination with a wagon body, and an end gate, of transversely movable locking rods mounted on the end gate, an operating lever fulcrumed on the end gate and connected with the said rods, a guide also mounted on the end gate and receiving the lever and having one end arranged to limit the movement of the lever in one direction, and a pivoted latch mounted on the guide at the other end thereof and arranged to be'supported in engagement with the lever by the guide and cooperating with the latter for locking the lever against movement in either direction, and means mounted on the wagon body for engagement with the locking rods.

3. The combination of a wagon body provided at its rear end with a bar or cleat having projecting terminals, angular brackets secured to the extended ends of the bar or cleat and fitted against the upper faces and end edges thereof and provided at their inner ends with upwardly projecting ortions having openings, an end gate, ocking rods mounted on the end gate at the bottom thereof and extending into the openings of the said brackets and hinging the end gate to the body, and a lever connected with the rods for operating the same.

4.. The combination of a wagon body provided at its rear end with a bottom bar or cleat, an end gate, angle uprights fitted againstthe inner faces and rear edges of the sides of the wagon body and having their inner flanges extended upwardly and rearwardly to form rearwardly projecting arms, means for securing the angle-uprights to the wagon body, angle brackets fitted against the upper face and the end ed es of the said bottom bar or cleat and PIOV IdGd at their inner ends with upwardly projecting portions having openings, upper and lower locking rods mounted on the end gate and arranged to engage the rearwardly extending arms of the uprights and the upwardly projecting portions of the brackets, means for operating the locking rods, eyes mounted on the uprights and on the end gate, and flexible means having terminal eyes linked into the said eyes for supporting the end gate in an inclined position to form a scoo board.

In testimony, that I claim t e foregoing as my own, I have hereto a'fiixed my signa-' ture in the, presence of two witnesses.

MELVON O. PARKER. Witnesses S. S. GLEAVER, CHARLES R. FELLows. 

